Beatles Live - Ron Howard

Jalapeno

Anyone else see it ? Covered their playing live period.

Ruddy marvellous - no wonder the retired to the studio their touring was mental.

duotone

This one?

https://youtu.be/0fFyZzqPDws

maltingsaudio

Just watched it, bands today have it much easier 

lustycourtier

Saw it as cinema. Just amazing

Iamnobody

Jalapeno said:

Anyone else see it ? Covered their playing live period.

Ruddy marvellous - no wonder the retired to the studio their touring was mental.

Were they rockin’ and rollin’ all week long?

darthed1981

They put out albums at a staggering rate and staggeringly consistent quality as well.  The Beatles worked really, really hard.

Grunfeld

Cheers for the heads up.  Just ordered it. 

EDIT  -- Watched it last night. (Prime same day delivery is quite something!)  Really enjoyed the film.
(PM if anyone's interested in a cheap DVD!)

Danny1969

I saw it at the cinema, was good but all the footage they claimed was new I had seen before .... by new I think they meant not on BBC etc. 

digitalkettle

Iamnobody said:

Jalapeno said:

Anyone else see it ? Covered their playing live period.

Ruddy marvellous - no wonder the retired to the studio their touring was mental.

Were they rockin’ and rollin’ all week long?

I see what you did there

guitars4you

darthed1981 said:

They put out albums at a staggering rate and staggeringly consistent quality as well.  The Beatles worked really, really hard.

working class lads from a working class environment - what I find staggering is the endless output of quality tunes, often written in a short time and in and almost ad lib format - No sneaking away to a Caribbean island for inspiration

duotone

just realised its still available on Amazon Prime

scrumhalf

Consider not only the amount of stuff they released but how little of it was George's, they could probably have done another three or four albums.

HAL9000

scrumhalf said:

Consider not only the amount of stuff they released but how little of it was George's, they could probably have done another three or four albums.

George was still a great songsmith though. Just listen to any of his solo albums for proof. Seems odd that there was so little of it on the Beatles albums - whether it was John and Paul’s doing, or if George was sharp enough to realise it might serve him well in the event that the band broke up? The cover and title of his ‘All Things Must Pass’ album would seem to imply that it wasn’t entirely unexpected...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c2/All_Things_Must_Pass_%282001%29_-_Album_Artwork.jpg/220px-All_Things_Must_Pass_%282001%29_-_Album_Artwork.jpg

darthed1981

scrumhalf said:

Consider not only the amount of stuff they released but how little of it was George's, they could probably have done another three or four albums.

They might have strangled each other if they did!

There is more George in the catalogue than some think, it starts earlier as well, nifty moody beat "number" called "Don't Bother Me" made it onto With The Beatles.

George was a great songwriter, but he happened to be in a band with Lennon and McCartney, so only his best stuff made it on the early records.  Later, he probably contributed as much to the records overall as either of the others.  More credits as well, three of his songs on Revolver for example.

Later on, arguably the best tracks on both the White Album and Abbey Road were Harrison songs (WMGGW and Something respectively).

It's scary, you write a couple of paragraphs on the Beatles and you remind yourself how good they actually were.

LuttiS

Watched it on Prime over the weekend - Great watch, really quite staggering what they accomplished.

Bridgehouse

LuttiS said:

Watched it on Prime over the weekend - Great watch, really quite staggering what they accomplished.

Yes - it wasn't so much consistency for me, but volume and rate of change over such a short period. When you look at 63-68 and consider just how much is recorded and how it changes in a little over 4 years it's staggering

LuttiS

Bridgehouse said:

LuttiS said:

Watched it on Prime over the weekend - Great watch, really quite staggering what they accomplished.

Yes - it wasn't so much consistency for me, but volume and rate of change over such a short period. When you look at 63-68 and consider just how much is recorded and how it changes in a little over 4 years it's staggering

Yep, and the reactions too, people properly losing their shit over them and the shows.

A friend of mine took her foster daughter to a Justin Bieber concert a few years ago and said that there was a lot of screaming, but the looks on the peoples faces in the beatles crowd and the volume,, just don't think we will ever see the like. 
Granted, PA technology wasn't really there at the time, and i imagine many people here have more powerful amps than they were using for stadiums...

But still.. 

darthed1981

LuttiS said:

Bridgehouse said:

LuttiS said:

Watched it on Prime over the weekend - Great watch, really quite staggering what they accomplished.

Yes - it wasn't so much consistency for me, but volume and rate of change over such a short period. When you look at 63-68 and consider just how much is recorded and how it changes in a little over 4 years it's staggering

Yep, and the reactions too, people properly losing their shit over them and the shows.

A friend of mine took her foster daughter to a Justin Bieber concert a few years ago and said that there was a lot of screaming, but the looks on the peoples faces in the beatles crowd and the volume,, just don't think we will ever see the like. 
Granted, PA technology wasn't really there at the time, and i imagine many people here have more powerful amps than they were using for stadiums...

But still.. 

Plus also, the Beatles were really good, and most if not everything Bieber does sucks balls, important distinction!

lustycourtier

darthed1981 said:

LuttiS said:

Bridgehouse said:

LuttiS said:

Watched it on Prime over the weekend - Great watch, really quite staggering what they accomplished.

Yes - it wasn't so much consistency for me, but volume and rate of change over such a short period. When you look at 63-68 and consider just how much is recorded and how it changes in a little over 4 years it's staggering

Yep, and the reactions too, people properly losing their shit over them and the shows.

A friend of mine took her foster daughter to a Justin Bieber concert a few years ago and said that there was a lot of screaming, but the looks on the peoples faces in the beatles crowd and the volume,, just don't think we will ever see the like. 
Granted, PA technology wasn't really there at the time, and i imagine many people here have more powerful amps than they were using for stadiums...

But still.. 

Plus also, the Beatles were really good, and most if not everything Bieber does sucks balls, important distinction!

Lets be honest, he’s not rubbish though is he? He’s a very hard working successful musician, and whilst it’s not for you, he must be ok as pop chancers get found out quickly. 

LuttiS

lustycourtier said:

darthed1981 said:

LuttiS said:

Bridgehouse said:

LuttiS said:

Watched it on Prime over the weekend - Great watch, really quite staggering what they accomplished.

Yes - it wasn't so much consistency for me, but volume and rate of change over such a short period. When you look at 63-68 and consider just how much is recorded and how it changes in a little over 4 years it's staggering

Yep, and the reactions too, people properly losing their shit over them and the shows.

A friend of mine took her foster daughter to a Justin Bieber concert a few years ago and said that there was a lot of screaming, but the looks on the peoples faces in the beatles crowd and the volume,, just don't think we will ever see the like. 
Granted, PA technology wasn't really there at the time, and i imagine many people here have more powerful amps than they were using for stadiums...

But still.. 

Plus also, the Beatles were really good, and most if not everything Bieber does sucks balls, important distinction!

Lets be honest, he’s not rubbish though is he? He’s a very hard working successful musician, and whilst it’s not for you, he must be ok as pop chancers get found out quickly. 

@darthed1981 True.

Buutt,

@lustycourtier has a point gawd.. don't belieb I'm defending Beebs...

I think given his age when he rose to stardom he was always going to be a dick.  As a kid at his age being suddenly able to have absolutely anything ever, all the hangers on telling him he's amazing and him being given literally and figuratively no boundaries.. I'd be more amazed if he wasn't a total gobshite. 

It's a strong case for environment Vs genes.. 

But he's still relevant (in those circles) and he is still making music that is popular (in those circles).

But he's got nothing on the Beatles.

sev112

Shea stadium through the tannoys !? 
Wow